I used to think whenever I heard the phrase "A man is helping police with their inquiries" on the news. That there was this really nice man driving around with the police helping them solve the case and find the criminals.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I used to believe that the stars in the sky were died persons that were helping us.Anon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- I used to belive a police could never die.— dainiella